diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/json/BUILD.bazel b/src/google/protobuf/json/BUILD.bazel
index ea363ac..d6019f9 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/json/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/json/BUILD.bazel
@@ -227,8 +227,6 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:str_format",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:optional",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
-        "@com_google_googletest//:gtest",
-        "@com_google_googletest//:gtest_main",
     ],
 )